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RE: RIS parts questions
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 5 Apr 2002 05:22:43 GMT
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Russell C. Brown [RR-1] <RCBROWN@AUSTIN.RRavoidspam.COM>
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No, I have about a dozen of these that I have come across these in genuine
LEGO sets. But they must not have been available very long, because they are
rare. The missing center slot is the most obvious cosmetic difference. If
you get one of these in a model such that you can't push it out from the
other side using an axle, better have some needlenose pliers ready!
Russ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Benton Jackson
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:10 PM
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> Subject: Re: RIS parts questions
>
>
> In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes:
> > Benton Jackson wrote:
> > >
> > > There's an older version of the black pegs that are even • tighter. Too tight,
> > > in my opinion, so I've set the few that I have aside. You • can easily tell
> > > the difference- look at a regular black peg. It has short • lengthwise ridges
> > > on the ends about 2mm long, and by the center stop. The • older tight ones
> > > have these ridges all the way across. Also, the notches on • the ends are
> > > slightly shallower. Both of these features make them very • hard to pull out.
> >
> > Really! I can't find any of those in my collection - but • I'll mention
> > this on my 'pegs' page. Thanks for the info!
>
> I got two old sets on eBay, 8035 and 8044. I think it might
> have been one of
> those two sets that it came from. I noticed another
> difference- they don't
> have the slot in the middle. I'll take a picture in the
> morning and send it
> to you.
>
> Of course, they were also both used sets, maybe somebody
> stuck me with a
> substitute?
>
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| I wouldn't consider it "stuck". I have a few of these tougher than normal pins and they can be very handy! Apart from the obvious external difference, the wall thickness seems greater meaning the little hole through the middle is slightly smaller. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I got two old sets on eBay, 8035 and 8044. I think it might have been one of those two sets that it came from. I noticed another difference- they don't have the slot in the middle. I'll take a picture in the morning and send it to you. Of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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